by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently released a revised version of the I-9 employment eligibility verification form. Form I-9 is used to verify the identity and employment authorization of each employee who works in the United States,...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
One of the most commonly used visa categories for U.S. employers to employ foreign nationals is the H-1B for temporary workers. H-1B visa status is available to an individual who will perform services in a “specialty occupation” that generally requires a...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
You've heard of HIPAA, but you've relegated it to something applicable only to health care companies. You've heard some of the recent hype about increasing penalties and aggressive enforcement, but you haven't paid much attention, happy knowing that...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Last week, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published the long-awaited final HIPAA regulations commonly referred to as the Omnibus Rule. These new regulations (1) implement changes to HIPAA that were...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
On January 2, 2013, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that Hospice of North Idaho (HONI) agreed to pay $50,000 and entered a two-year corrective action plan to resolve allegations that it violated HIPAA’s Security Rule. This...
